France 1621-A double tournois
This specimen was lot 964 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €75 (about US$104 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), Cu double tournois, 1621A, Paris. 3e type. D/ B. juvénile à d., l. et cuir. à d., au col plat. R/ Trois lis posés 2 et 1. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIII, 1610-43, copper double tournois of 1621, Paris mint, third type. Obverse: armored, laureate juvenile bust right in flat collar; reverse: three fleurs-de-lys in the field. Very fine.)"
This double tournois de Paris, buste adolescent was struck 1620-22. It is common.
Recorded mintage: 799,560, numerous varieties.
Specification: 3.13 g, copper, 20-21 mm diameter, this specimen 2,96 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl-1362; CGKL 388, Dr/4 № 141, Gad-8.
- Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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